Its good to get (and give) positive feedback. There's nothing wrong with being told that people appreciate your work. I KNOW that some of the stuff I've done in the past has been patchy in quality though. I have a bad habit of rushing to finish a piece. Thats why I'm so happy to have had an extensive comment on my latest image that actually criticises on several points and offers suggestions for improvement. (Many thanks to mmitchell houston for pointing out a few things that I should have noticed myself.) Its pretty hard to improve if nobody points out where you are going wrong yet few people seem to offer constructive criticism, probably for fear of the sort of reaction that maxxxmodelz describes. I'm not saying stop with the Oohs and Aahs. A pat on the back is always appreciated. But if there is anything about an image that strikes the viewer as 'off' in anyway, I'm sure there are a lot of artists in this community who, like me, would appreciate the critique as much as they appreciate the praise. After all, if you get to the stage of believing that you are as good as all the comments say, where is the incentive to improve?

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